Both in Retail Trade

Fastenal Co vs The Kroger

Over the past year FAST returned +28.8% and KR returned +8.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.06.

FAST +28.8% KR +8.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFASTKR
Price$53.21$68.97
Market cap$61.05B$40.73B
Today+1.68%+3.23%
1 month+4.7%+18.1%
6 months+19.0%+4.5%
Year to date+32.6%+10.4%
1 year+29.7%+8.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.5%+2.0%
Gross margin44.8%22.7%
Net margin16.3%1.8%
P/E (TTM)43.0×38.1×
Price / sales6.7×0.3×
Net cash$111.9M-$15.32B
Dividend yield1.95%2.26%
Volatility (60d)19.5%29.6%
Short % of float3.2%5.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).